FOR SALE BY OWNERS: FSBO [Paperback]

Russ Miles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 14, 2003

Each owns their life, the long-haul trucker, a savoir-faire real estate agent, the corrupt sheriff, a serial rapist, and the young wife left alone to sell her home. They are all "FSBOs", For Sale By Owners, attempting to sell themselves and others on what they want to believe.As a serial rapist preys upon the vulnerable, news media and police fail to disclose that the rape victims are all For Sale By Owners. A female real estate agent is found dead. A male agent is missing. Behind the scenes forces are at play impacting the lives of both the innocent and the guilty. Red Haring, a long-haul trucker with a penchant for singing, song writing, and a dog-named Mercy, team up with savvy real estate agent, Brooklyn Best, in an attempt to unravel the mystery. Shadowy worlds surrounding the moving business, government housing, drugs, prostitution, real estate, organized crime, and the trucking industry, are illuminated. Can a naive pregnant waitress, the young deputy, women abused, or an uneducated thief, fight the foes of darkness to learn the lessons of life? All, so involved in their own twisted lives, must make right choices or suffer the consequences.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Russ Miles, retired by Multiple Sclerosis from real estate in SW Washington, has a background in several industries from which he derives the inside information for his forceful stories. He is the author of two poetry books. While unconventional, Russ skillfully weaves some of his heartrending songs into this novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (October 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595287034
• ISBN-13: 978-0595287031
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #659,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational and an excellent read, November 22, 2003

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Mrs. BJ Day "AndesOwl" (Glendale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Sale by Owners: FSBO (Hardcover)

Russ Miles has an elegant style of writing and he gets his message across. It's chilling to know how dangerous it can be to market your own property.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a well written novel with a message.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Multiple Facet - Like A Good Slow ~ Dance ~, December 2, 2003

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Joy Mahar (Washington State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FOR SALE BY OWNERS: FSBO (Paperback)

Like a Good Slow-Dance, I personally enjoyed the multiple characters as some people enjoy good mind exercise, suspenseful, within an honest blending of traumatic situations that occur in life. Bizarrely revealing ~ from business to romance. Excellent reporting of government mismanagement and fraud within. I found this novel to be entertaining with heightened suspense, chilling lesson setting situations of relevant dangers written with great insight!

I thought it ingenious the way the author created Red Haring, a songwriting character and performer. The ending left me wanting a sequel. I found the description of characters very colorful, details most intriguing befitting awareness to real dangers. Situations that were useful for my own personal safety. Lester, and how he operated, I was in tuned to a similar scenario, the read for this alone, was a plus or I would have been caught off-guard! I would encourage women's groups to read. If, for no other reason, than seeing the minds of the perpetrators. The romance like a fairy tale ~ whimsical ~

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This novel was engaging and eye opening, July 20, 2005

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JoyceF (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: FOR SALE BY OWNERS: FSBO (Paperback)

Oh boy...I loved this novel and marveled at the authors knowledge of so many interesting and diverse topics. It is a wonderfully engaging story that holds your interest throughout. Once you start it, you won't want to put it down. I'd recommend that everyone, and especially anyone who is interested in selling their home by owner, read this book and be warned of the dangers. The story is wonderfully woven with many interesting characters and one can feel they are part of the story as we all have exeriences selling our homes.